1. To reveal and represent God as angry with his child,1 for such and such sins formerly committed, and make him sensible thereof; not barely by concealing his love, but by making impressions of his wrath upon his conscience immediately, and not by outward crosses only. Thus Isaiah 57. 17, 18. God not only hid himself and was wroth, that is, expressed his wrath by hiding himself; but I smote him and was wroth: and v. 16. he contended and was wroth, that is, fought against him as an enemy, as Isaiah 63. 10. and this with his wrath upon his spirit; for it follows, that the spirit was ready to fail, and the soul which he had made; so as it was the spirit which was the white God shot at and wounded, and that so deep, that it was ready to fail and come to nothing; which Solomon calls by way of distinction, a wounded spirit, which who can bear? and differenceth it from all other afflictions upon the outward man, which strike the spirit but through the clothes of the body mediately; for says he, The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; that is, all such outward afflictions wherein it suffers, but by way of sympathy, and compassion; but when the spirit it self is laid bare and naked, and wounded immediately by Gods wrath, (which only can reach it and wound it,) Who can bear this? Thus towards Heman, God did not only hide his face from him, Psal. 88. ver. 14. but His fierce wrath went over him, and thy terrors (says he) cut me off: ver. 16. not wounded him only, but even cut him off: and and such impressions of immediate wrath, as expressions ⟨p. 22⟩and effects of Gods anger, the Holy Ghost may make upon the spirit of his child: for it is a truth that God is angry and wroth with them when they sin; which anger he may make known, not only by dumb signs in outward crosses and effects; but by an immediate witnessing, and plain and express speaking so much to their consciences, and making them to feel so much, by scalding drops of his hot displeasure let fall thereon: And as other Fathers show their anger by whipping the bodies of their children (upon this ground as says the Apostle) because they are the Fathers of our flesh: Heb. 12. 9. So, for the like reason may God show his anger, and chastise his children by lashing their spirits: For he is the father of our spirits as he speaks in the same place.
1. To reveale and represent God as angry with his childe,1 for such and such sinnes formerly committed, and make him sensible thereof; not barely by concealing his love, but by making impressions of his wrath upon his conscience immediately, and not by outward crosses only. Thus Esay 57. 17, 18. God not onely hid himselfe and was wroth, that is, expressed his wrath by hiding himself; but I smote him and was wroth: and v. 16. he contended and was wroth, that is, fought against him as an enemy, as Esay 63. 10. and this with his wrath upon his spirit; for it followes, that the spirit was ready to faile, and the soule which he had made; so as it was the spirit which was the white God shot at and wounded, and that so deepe, that it was ready to faile and come to nothing; which Solomon calls by way of distinction, a wounded spirit, which who can beare? and differenceth it from all other afflictions upon the outward man, which strike the spirit but through the cloathes of the body mediately; for sayes he, The spirit of a man will sustaine his infirmity; that is, all such outward afflictions wherein it suffers, but by way of sympathy, and compassion; but when the spirit it selfe is laid bare and naked, and wounded immediately by Gods wrath, (which only can reach it and wound it,) Who can beare this? Thus towards Heman, God did not only hide his face from him, Psal. 88. ver. 14. but His fierce wrath went over him, and thy terrors (sayes he) cut me off: ver. 16. not wounded him onely, but even cut him off: and and such impressions of immediate wrath, as expressions ⟨p. 22⟩and effects of Gods anger, the Holy Ghost may make upon the spirit of his childe: for it is a truth that God is angry and wroth with them when they sinne; which anger he may make knowne, not onely by dumbe signes in outward crosses and effects; but by an immediate witnessing, and plain and expresse speaking so much to their consciences, and making them to feele so much, by scalding drops of his hot displeasure let fall thereon: And as other Fathers shew their anger by whipping the bodies of their children (upon this ground as sayes the Apostle) because they are the Fathers of our flesh: Heb. 12. 9. So, for the like reason may God shew his anger, and chastise his children by lashing their spirits: For he is the father of our spirits as he speakes in the same place.
- 11. To represent God angry by immediate expression of wrath on the conscience.1. To represēt God angry by immediate expression of wrath on the conscience.
